Phalangodus Gervais, 1842

Hara, Marcos Ryotaro, Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo & Villarreal, Osvaldo, 2014, Revision of the cranaid genera Phalangodus, Iquitosa and Aguaytiella (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptoidea), Zootaxa 3814 (4), pp. 567-580 : 568-569

Phalangodus Gervais, 1842

Phalangodus Gervais, 1842: 2 (type species: Phalangodus anacosmetus Gervais, 1842 , by monotypy); (see the complete citations in Kury 2003: 96.)

Phalangodes [misspelling]: Erichson, 1845: 10; Agassiz, 1846: 283.

Chauveaua Canals, 1939 [part]: revalidated by Ringuelet, 1957.

Allocranaus [part]: Mello-Leitão, 1940: 307.

Temucus Roewer, 1943: 27 (type species: Temucus palpiconus Roewer, 1943 , by monotypy); (see the complete citations in Kury 2003: 193). Originally in Gonyleptidae : Pachylinae , herein transferred to Cranaidae : Cranainae. Syn. nov.

Diagnosis. Large (DSL 6.1–10.3) cranaine. Outline of dorsal scutum type alpha. Ocularium high ( P. palpiconus ) or low ( P. anacosmetus ). Scutal area I divided into two halves; II invading scutal area I; III with a pair of enlarged tubercles or moderately high spines; IV entire ( P. anacosmetus ) or divided ( P. palpiconus ) in left and right halves. Pedipalp: Femur convex dorsally, with a dorsal row of enlarged tubercles; ventrally with a few tubercles restricted to medial region, bearing an enlarged basal apophysis; claw of the males conspicuously thickened. Femur IV of the males straight ( P. palpiconus ) to slightly curved ( P. anacosmetus ), with a retrolateral distal/subdistal conical, enlarged tubercle. Penis: Ventral plate slightly longer than wide, with convex lateral margins, wide and shallow cleft on distal margin. Setae on ventral plate organized in distal (9–12 pairs) and basal sets (4–5 pairs) or placed continuously (as a single set). Glans inflated medially. Stylus straight, surpassing distally the ventral plate, distal tip widened and rounded, without stylar caps.

Composition. Phalangodus anacosmetus Gervais, 1842 ; P. palpiconus ( Roewer, 1943) comb. nov.

Distribution. Colombia. The record to Chile is presumably mistaken (see Pinto-da-Rocha 2002, Hara & Pintoda-Rocha 2010, Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2012 for examples of mistaken localities provided by Roewer), based on the distribution of the family, absent from southern South America.